The Assyrian Church of the East’s youth association invite you to be involved in their annual walkathon on August 27 to raise funds for Christian refugees in Iraq and Syria.

Part of the funds raised will go to the church’s non-profit relief organisation which helps Christian refugees caught up in war and persecution in Iraq and Syria.

The walkathon is highly anticipated by the local Assyrian community, with both young and old participants joining in to support a greater cause while paying homage to religious traditions.

Our older participants view the walk as keeping with the traditions they’d take part in back in their homelands. - Susan George, youth co-ordinator

“Our older participants view the walk as a sacrifice or promise that they wish to complete in keeping with traditions, such as pilgrimages, they’d take part in back in their ancestral homelands,” said youth co-ordinator Susan George.